As part of a laboratory leadership course that started in 2002, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) in Chevy Chase, Maryland, periodically surveys its fellows and alumni to find out the key things they wished they had known before starting their first lab. "The number-one thing that comes up is choosing the right people from the get-go," says Maryrose Franko, a science-programme manager at the HHMI's Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia. "Who do you get, and how do you get them? It's important, because that person can set the tone for your entire lab."
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